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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XV
HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

Chapter 222
METHOD OF SETTING APART HOMESTEAD AND EXEMPTIONS

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F.S. 222.15

222.15 Wages or reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments due deceased employee may be paid spouse or certain relatives.—

(1) It is lawful for any employer, in case of the death of an employee, to pay to the wife or husband, and in case there is no wife or husband, then to the child or children, provided the child or children are over the age of 18 years, and in case there is no child or children, then to the father or mother, any wages or travel expenses that may be due such employee at the time of his or her death.

(2) It is also lawful for the Department of Commerce, in case of death of any unemployed individual, to pay to those persons referred to in subsection (1) any reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments that may be due to the individual at the time of his or her death.

History.—s. 1, ch. 7366, 1917; RGS 4979; CGL 7068; s. 1, ch. 20407, 1941; s. 1, ch. 63-165; ss. 17, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 73-283; s. 10, ch. 79-7; s. 5, ch. 83-174; s. 1203, ch. 95-147; s. 7, ch. 2003-36; s. 96, ch. 2011-142; s. 52, ch. 2012-30; s. 61, ch. 2024-6.

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Amendments to 222.15

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 222.15

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 222.15.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 222.15

Total Results: 12

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2009-01-13T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: may be made to the relatives set forth in section 222.15(1), Florida Statutes, upon the employee's death…constitute "wages" for purposes of section 222.15(1), Florida Statutes, such that payments for such…the compensation for municipal employees. Section 222.15(1), Florida Statutes, provides: "It is lawful…constitute "wages" for purposes of section 222.15(1), Florida Statutes, such that payments for such…compensation payments so paid under the authority of s. 222.15 shall not be considered as assets of the estate

Florida Mun. Power Agency v. Department of Rev.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-08-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 764 So. 2d 914

Snippet: certain exclusions to the exemption. See Ch. 69-222, § 15 at 889, Laws of Fla. Following this amendment,

Mazzella v. Boinis

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-05-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 617 So. 2d 1156, 1993 WL 164891

Snippet: Sec. 4(c), Florida Constitution; and (2) section 222.15 authorizing payment of wages due a deceased employee

Board of County Commissioners v. Soto

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1972-03-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 259 So. 2d 196, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 7082

Snippet: Arverne) Bay Constr. Co. v. Thatcher, 278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A.L.R. 1110. And when property,

Plymouth Cordage Co. v. Ward

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1967-09-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 202 So. 2d 600, 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 4305

Snippet: surrender value. Appellant argues that Section 222.15, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., exempts from garnishment

City of Miami v. Zorovich

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1967-02-06T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 195 So. 2d 31

Snippet: See Arverne Bay Const. Co. v. Thatcher, 278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A.L.R. 1110; Brackett v. Board

Lawley v. Town of Golfview

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1965-05-07T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 174 So. 2d 767

Snippet: . Averne Bay Constr. Co. v. Thatcher, 278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A.L.R. 1110. And when property,

Burritt v. Harris

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1965-03-16T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 172 So. 2d 820

Snippet: . Averne Bay Constr. Co. v. Thatcher, 278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A.L.R. 1110. And when property,

Burritt v. Harris

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1964-07-02T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 166 So. 2d 168

Snippet: Arverne Bay Constr. Co. v. Thatcher, 278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A.L.R. 1110. And when property,

City of Miami v. Ross

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1954-11-22T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 76 So. 2d 152

Snippet: See Arverne Bay Const. Co. v. Thatcher, 278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A.L.R. 1110; Brackett v. Board

Forde v. City of Miami Beach

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1941-04-18T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 1 So. 2d 642, 146 Fla. 676, 1941 Fla. LEXIS 1212

Snippet: taking. Avenue Bay Constr. Co. v. Thatcher,278 N.Y. 222, 15 N.E.2d 587, 117 A. L. R. 1110. And when property

Norton v. Norton

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1938-02-25T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 179 So. 414, 131 Fla. 219, 1938 Fla. LEXIS 1418

Snippet: to pay to CHARLOTT K. NORTON the sum *Page 222 of Fifteen ($15) Dollars per week commencing on the first